Bravery beads are a part of a program that is run through the child life department at Sick Kids hospital in Toronto. For every procedure that a child goes through they receive one bead; each bead has a special meaning. For example, all those pink beads are for infusions, the little red ones are 'special pokes' or blood tests to the adults. Life for kids at the hospital is often not fun, it's a painful, confusing and scary time for them but these beads are a reward and together they make us a road map of the journey these young ones have been on, a very visual reminder of how brave they are, for today but also when they are older.
